Klaw Kbe Lo massacre

The Klaw Kbe Lo massacre occurred in 2008 during the Saffron Revolution in Burma. A company of Tatmadaw soldiers attacked the Karen village of Klaw Kbe Lo during their ethnic cleansing campaign, beginning their assault with a mortar barrage before sending in ground troops equipped with bayonetted assault rifles and flamethrowers. The Tatmadaw troops indiscriminately massacred the townspeople, shooting and bayonetting men, women, and children and using flamethrowers to burn down all of the huts. Several townspeople attempted to flee across a rice paddy, but a Tatmadaw gunner on a truck shot all of them dead as they attempted to escape. Eight American and British missionaries from the Christ Church of Colorado were abducted by the Tatmadaw in the process, leading to Reverend Arthur Marsh hiring a team of mercenaries to rescue them.